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Beauty of Encaustics...the art of painting with pigmented wax, a collection of works by Abigail M Markov!
Ok guys, this is my first solo show! I wish you all could be there in person, as I wouldn't be where I am without your support and encouragement from all around the world! So, since I can't fly you all out here, I'm working with the gallery owner and we're going to host a HOA for the duration of the opening!
Stop on in, say hi, ask questions, and come see some of the latest work!

The July #FirstFridayArtWalk is here!
It is open to all. Whether you are an artist, or simply an art lover, there is a way for each and every one of us, who wishes to, to participate.
*The June First Friday Art Walk will be held on Friday, July 7, 2013.*
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How it works:
To participate, please join our community, Google+ First Friday Art Walk: https://plus.google.com/communities/117542371460000181203
Artists, simply share work of your own, a painting, a drawing, a sculpture, an illustration, to the Community and add the hashtag #FirstFridayArtWalk. Of course, you are also welcome to use the hashtag on your own profile. The Art Walk is open to non-photographic work, in traditional, and digital media.
Art lovers and artists alike are welcome to reshare the work of other artists with the #FirstFridayArtWalk hashtag as well, both to the Community and to your own circles. This way, we should be able to get a flurry of art circulating in everyone's stream.
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing your work! Please feel free to invite artists and others that you feel may be interested in this event. :)

The June #FirstFridayArtWalk is here!
It is open to all. Whether you are an artist, or simply an art lover, there is a way for each and every one of us, who wishes to, to participate.
The June First Friday Art Walk will be held on Friday, June 7, 2013.
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How it works:
Beginning this month, we are changing the format of #firstfridayartwalk to a community-based event. To participate, please join our new community, Google+ First Friday Art Walk: https://plus.google.com/communities/117542371460000181203
Artists, simply share work of your own, a painting, a drawing, a sculpture, an illustration, to the Community and add the hashtag #FirstFridayArtWalk . Of course, you are also welcome to use the hashtag on your own profile. The Art Walk is open to non-photographic work, in traditional, and digital media.
Art lovers and artists alike are welcome to reshare the work of other artists with the #FirstFridayArtWalk hashtag as well, both to the Community and to your own circles. This way, we should be able to get a flurry of art circulating in everyone's stream.
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing your work! Please feel free to invite artists and others that you feel may be interested in this event. :)

The May #FirstFridayArtWalk is here!
It is open to all. Whether you are an artist, or simply an art lover, there is a way for each and every one of us, who wishes to, to participate.
The May First Friday Art Walk will be held on Friday, May 3, 2013.
San Francisco (PDT):
From 6 a.m. Friday, May 3 to 12 a.m. Saturday, May 4.
New York (EDT):
From 9 a.m. May 5 to 3 a.m. Saturday, May 4.
Paris (CET):
From 2 p.m. Friday, May 5 to 9 a.m. Saturday, May 4.
See starting and end times for your local time zone here: http://mytimeconverter.com/
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*How it works:*
Artists, simply share work of your own, a painting, a drawing, a sculpture, an illustration, and add the hashtag #FirstFridayArtWalk . The Art Walk is open to non-photographic work, in traditional, and digital media.
Art lovers and artists alike are welcome to reshare the work of other artists with the #FirstFridayArtWalk hashtag as well. This way, we should be able to get a flurry of art circulating in everyone's stream. The hashtag will be supported by Google efforts, so don't miss this opportunity to find new art lovers and artists and attract them here. Also, please use this opportunity to tell us more about your work, or about your favorite artists here on G+ and what fascinates you in their work. This is a unique opportunity to flood Google+ with art and beauty!
Also, please circle @103038056099487506311 so that we will be able to reshare the work that you have hashtagged #FirstFridayArtWalk , from the page. Please note that this time the page will be re-sharing work selectively, so the hashtag is the way to see everything, and the page is the way to see just our selection.
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing your work! Please feel free to invite artists and others that you feel may be interested in this event. :)
Creatively,
@104672614700283598130 and @107923530149758134024

Our next online cook-off is coming up soon! This time, competing cooks will have no idea what they are getting themselves into. Our host, +William Burdette will be selecting a trio of mystery ingredients that contestants will be cooking with.
At the beginning of the hangout, each cook will open their box and discover the mystery ingredients inside! Cooks will then have 45 minutes of cook time to make something awesome.
This cook-off will be going on live via Hangouts On Air. Watch here on G+ or on YouTube. Votes for the winning dish will be collected on Mary Helen's Blog: http://www.MaryMakesDinner.com
*Who's Cooking*
+Mary Helen Leonard of +Mary Makes Dinner
+Amy Kritzer of What Jew Wanna Eat
+Pola M of Italian in the Midwest
*Sponsored by +Google Local Austin!* Thanks for your support!
*Voting*
After the hangout ends, please visit Mary Makes Dinner to place a vote for your favorite. Just leave a comment naming your favorite dish/cook on the following blog post: http://marymakesdinner.typepad.com/marymakesdinner/2013/04/mmd-online-cook-off-surprise-ingredient-challenge.html

Our next online cook-off is coming up soon! This time, competing cooks will have no idea what they are getting themselves into. Our host, +William Burdette will be selecting a trio of mystery ingredients that contestants will be cooking with.
At the beginning of the hangout, each cook will open their box and discover the mystery ingredients inside! Cooks will then have 45 minutes of cook time to make something awesome.
This cook-off will be going on live via Hangouts On Air. Watch here on G+ or on YouTube. Votes for the winning dish will be collected on Mary Helen's Blog: http://www.MaryMakesDinner.com
*Who's Cooking*
+Mary Helen Leonard of +Mary Makes Dinner
+Amy Kritzer of What Jew Wanna Eat
+Pola M of Italian in the Midwest
*Sponsored by +Google Local Austin!* Thanks for your support!
*Voting*
After the hangout ends, please visit Mary Makes Dinner to place a vote for your favorite. Just leave a comment naming your favorite dish/cook on the following blog post: http://marymakesdinner.typepad.com/marymakesdinner/2013/04/mmd-online-cook-off-surprise-ingredient-challenge.html

Learn to make a simple, delicious soup with +Mary Helen Leonard, author of +Mary Makes Dinner. Mary Helen will walk you through the recipe, sharing tips and tricks for preparing healthy meals quickly and easily.
Watch the hangout live at 7:00 pm CST. Leave a comment if you'd like to join the hangout so that you can ask questions, or even cook along. Recipes will be shared ahead of time for anyone who wants to prepare the soup at home.
Recipe: *Black Bean Soup*
Recipe: http://marymakesdinner.typepad.com/marymakesdinner/2013/01/black-bean-soup.html
#eatright #healthyliving #hangoutsonair #vegan #glutenfree #vegetarian

The #FirstFridayArtWalk is here!
It is open to all. Whether you are an artist, or simply an art lover, there is a way for each and every one of us, who wishes to, to participate.
The January First Friday Art Walk will be held on Friday, January 4, 2013.
San Francisco (PDT):
From 6 a.m. January 4 to 1 a.m. Saturday, January 5.
New York (EDT):
From 9 a.m. Friday January 4 to 4 a.m. Saturday, January 5.
Paris (CET):
From 2 p.m. Friday, January 4 to 9 a.m. Saturday, January 5.
See starting and end times for your local time zone here: http://mytimeconverter.com/
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*How it works:*
Artists, simply share work of your own, a painting, a drawing, a sculpture, an illustration, and add the hashtag #FirstFridayArtWalk . The Art Walk is open to non-photographic work, in traditional, and digital media.
Art lovers and artists alike are welcome to reshare the work of other artists with the #FirstFridayArtWalk hashtag as well. This way, we should be able to get a flurry of art circulating in everyone's stream.
Also, please circle @103038056099487506311 , so that we will be able to reshare the work that you have hashtagged #FirstFridayArtWalk , from the page.
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing your work! Please feel free to invite artists and others that you feel may be interested in this event. :)
Creatively,
@107923530149758134024 and @104672614700283598130

The #FirstFridayArtWalk is upon us once again, this time in conjunction with #chagallchallenge show!
It is open to all. Whether you are an artist, or simply an art lover, there is a way for each and every one of us, who wishes to, to participate.
The December First Friday Art Walk will be held on Friday, December 7.
San Francisco (PDT):
From 6 a.m. Friday, December 7 to 1 a.m. Saturday, December 8.
New York (EDT):
From 9 a.m. Friday December 7 to 4 a.m. Saturday, December 8.
Paris (CET):
From 2 p.m. Friday, December 7 to 9 a.m. Saturday, December 8.
See starting and end times for your local time zone on the event above.
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How it works:
Artists, simply share work of your own, a painting, a drawing, a sculpture, an illustration, and add the hashtag #FirstFridayArtWalk and +tag the page, +FirstFridayArtWalk. The Art Walk is open to non-photographic work, in traditional, and digital media.
To participate in Marc Chagall Challenge Show, add the hashtag #chagallchallenge and +tag @112105883502643929038 . This event is open to any medium and genre, insofar as the work is inspired by Marc Chagall.
Art lovers and artists alike are welcome to reshare the work of other artists with the #FirstFridayArtWalk and #chagallchallenge hashtags as well. This way, we should be able to get a flurry of art circulating in everyone's stream.
Also, please circle @103038056099487506311 and @112105883502643929038 so that we will be able to reshare the work that you have hashtagged #FirstFridayArtWalk , from the page.
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing your work! Please feel free to invite artists and others that you feel may be interested in this event. :)
Creatively,
+Lena Levin and +Samantha Villenave

winter is about to go away. enough reason to share again my "Triple A - A(ll) A(bout) A(rt)" - circleartists, artlovers and people with a deeper interest in fine arts are included.have a nice day.p.s.: if you receive an email this means you are included﻿

Hey my friends. Good morning/evening to all! Circle brings together nice and interesting peopleIf you want to be a part of my best shared circles, this is the circle, you may want to add and share circle.Share The Circle And Boost Your Visibility On G+1. Add us to your circles, if you haven't done so already2. +1 this circle3. Publicly share this circle to public, your circles and extended circles.4. If possible, leave a comment on this circle so we know you have done the three steps above.Please make sure you do it on the original post or I won't notice it More you share more you get!Hi everybody, here is the circle of Circle AG. They have made it to the Loyal FollowersCircle without getting tired of spreading.AG Circle contains highly active membersof GooglePlus. If you want to engage with most activemembers you should ADD this circle.I would love to thank to each and every person who have joined the ride with us.Thank you very much! Iappreciate your dedication and hard work.I don't wish to offend anyone on the internet, so if you would like to be removed from my shared circles, please send me a private message and I won't share your profile in the future. The only way being shared will affect you is that you will get notifications that people have added you. You are under no obligation to add them back to your circles. If you don't add them back, they will most likely remove you from their circles after some time.﻿*****************************************************In the "Special Circle No. 100" will be people who share these three parts, each own circuit. So there will be only one "Special Circle"...I apologize if I made any mistake, I will correct it... Thanks again for your SUPPORT !!!*******************************************************#circle #circleshare #circlesharing #circles #sharedcircles #sharedpubliccircles #sharedcircleoftheday #shared #circle #circles #public #publiccircle #circleshare #circlesharing #sharedcircles #sharedcircle #morefollowers #sharingcircles

Elite Team AG Friends Circle 456Hey my friends. Good morning/evening to all! Circle brings together nice and interesting peopleIf you want to be a part of my best shared circles, this is the circle, you may want to add and share circle.Share The Circle And Boost Your Visibility On G+1. Add us to your circles, if you haven't done so already2. +1 this circle3. Publicly share this circle to public, your circles and extended circles.4. If possible, leave a comment on this circle so we know you have done the three steps above.Please make sure you do it on the original post or I won't notice it More you share more you get!Hi everybody, here is the circle of Circle AG. They have made it to the Loyal FollowersCircle without getting tired of spreading.AG Circle contains highly active membersof GooglePlus. If you want to engage with most activemembers you should ADD this circle.I would love to thank to each and every person who have joined the ride with us.Thank you very much! Iappreciate your dedication and hard work.I don't wish to offend anyone on the internet, so if you would like to be removed from my shared circles, please send me a private message and I won't share your profile in the future. The only way being shared will affect you is that you will get notifications that people have added you. You are under no obligation to add them back to your circles. If you don't add them back, they will most likely remove you from their circles after some time.﻿*****************************************************In the "Special Circle No. 100" will be people who share these three parts, each own circuit. So there will be only one "Special Circle"...I apologize if I made any mistake, I will correct it... Thanks again for your SUPPORT !!!*******************************************************#circle #circleshare #circlesharing #circles #sharedcircles #sharedpubliccircles #sharedcircleoftheday #shared #circle #circles #public #publiccircle #circleshare #circlesharing #sharedcircles #sharedcircle #morefollowers #sharingcircles

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The #CulturalCreatives circle -- a carefully-vetted group of 100 artists, writers, makers, and thinkers on G+.They all have 1000+ followers and post actively. Most tend toward the humanist/progressive/green end of things, and all have a creatively provocative take on this stuff that fills our waking hours.If you are interested in joining the circle and expanding it, please do the following:1. Add this to your circles2. Add yourself to the circle3. Share the expanded circle to Public4. Include comments and #CulturalCreatives tagThanks!Terry Dyke#CulturalCreatives #circles #circlesharing #sharedcircles #publiccircles﻿

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This circle contains people who really are interesting and active people on Google Plus.Grow your G+ community with people that share amazing content that will surprise you:If you received the notice you are in this circle, then well done.If you would like to be included in the next Circle Share, you only have to do these simple steps:1 - Include me in your circles2 - Share the circle (Publicly)3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.#topofthepeople #influencermarketing #sharedcircle #circleshare #circlethis #socialmediamarketing #socialmediastrategy #socialnetworking #circleoftheday #circleoftheweek #circleoftheday #topofthecircle #howtoenlargecircle #enlargecircle #thursdaycircle ﻿

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Working with Precious Metal Clay (PMC) for two personal pieces this week, in my spare time. PMC is microscopic silver particles in water and a binder that behaves like persnickety clay,but fires in a kiln into a fine silver pieces. You can see the silver hiding in the clay here.

I've been working on these pieces for a while now, and I'm in the last stages before I fire this one. I want as many letters flush with the surface of the outside bands as I can before I fire the clay, and am left with a silver ring, so levelling the surfaces has been what I do in my spare time for the past twoish days. I'm not upset though - these ARE Steve's and my wedding rings, after all.

Perfectionism: Eating up your free time since time immemorial.

#pmc #wedding #jewelry #ring #love ﻿

Working with Precious Metal Clay (PMC) for two personal pieces this week, in my spare time. PMC is microscopic silver particles in water and a binder that behaves like persnickety clay,but fires in a kiln into a fine silver pieces. You can see the silver hiding in the clay here.

I've been working on these pieces for a while now, and I'm in the last stages before I fire this one. I want as many letters flush with the surface of the outside bands as I can before I fire the clay, and am left with a silver ring, so levelling the surfaces has been what I do in my spare time for the past twoish days. I'm not upset though - these ARE Steve's and my wedding rings, after all.

Trying to fill in the necklace-shaped holes in my jewelry line. I think this shape of bail has promise. What do you think? Aren't these stones pretty?

Side note: Have two orders in progress today, one for earrings from the Spring designs. Yay! Working on those later when the garage cools down, tonight. Otherwise the kiln running will turn the garage into a human-roasting oven.

#MarkovJewelry #behindthescenes ﻿

Trying to fill in the necklace-shaped holes in my jewelry line. I think this shape of bail has promise. What do you think? Aren't these stones pretty?

Side note: Have two orders in progress today, one for earrings from the Spring designs. Yay! Working on those later when the garage cools down, tonight. Otherwise the kiln running will turn the garage into a human-roasting oven.

How do we encourage this practice to catch on... again? Thousands of pounds of food goes to waste before even hitting the supermarket shelves. How do we encourage our communities to participate in gleaning?﻿

How do we encourage this practice to catch on... again? Thousands of pounds of food goes to waste before even hitting the supermarket shelves. How do we encourage our communities to participate in gleaning?﻿___

Oy, I have lots more projects sitting on the desk and bench, and one order in queue. Waiting for the replacement torch to get in before that can be finished and sent off to Morocco. (And a painting to paint. And wedding vows to write. We're kinda busy 'round these parts.)

Regarding the torch: I found a hole in my O2 line today, so not hot work until it arrives. Unexpected expense, and not a small one. (At least it wasn't the kiln!) Bright side, my knock off torch and rusting jeweler's tips are getting a major upgrade, since Amazon had the name brand at the same price as the local knock off. YES!

#MarkovJewelry #behindthescenes ﻿

Now to just polish up the clasp...

Oy, I have lots more projects sitting on the desk and bench, and one order in queue. Waiting for the replacement torch to get in before that can be finished and sent off to Morocco. (And a painting to paint. And wedding vows to write. We're kinda busy 'round these parts.)

Regarding the torch: I found a hole in my O2 line today, so not hot work until it arrives. Unexpected expense, and not a small one. (At least it wasn't the kiln!) Bright side, my knock off torch and rusting jeweler's tips are getting a major upgrade, since Amazon had the name brand at the same price as the local knock off. YES!

Episode Three of my serial novel THE MINUS FACTION releases next month. Ahead of that -- and on the theory that if I don't tell you, you don't know -- Episode One is free for a time on most major online retailers.

The trick to walking around in someone else’s body is not getting caught.

That doesn’t mean you have to hide. You can walk down the street in broad daylight; you just have to give people a plausible reason why the man in the hoodie and sunglasses is not their old friend Jeff who’s been in a coma for six months — Jeff had dark hair and no mustache — and people will assume it’s just someone who looks like Jeff. If they notice at all.

The trick to busting up a drug den, on the other hand, is not getting shot.

On a warm Saturday in May, John Regent failed at both.

According to the army, the trick to surviving a gunshot wound is to stop the bleeding and get immediate medical attention. That means keeping still and putting pressure on the wound. That’s what they teach in basic training, and it’s true. As far as it goes.

But then, people who are scared and angry enough to shoot other people tend to keep shooting, so the real trick to surviving a gunshot wound is to keep moving and not go into shock. The best way to avoid shock is prior inoculation: being shot before, preferably multiple times.

Luckily for his host, John Regent had been shot before. He’d been trained for it. In fact, it was in training where he took his second bullet. Not basic training. Not Ranger training. Not even Special Forces training, although they feigned it.

It was after that, at the training that had no name for a unit that had no insignia. The training that had no manual, no base of operations, no weekends or holidays. The training where John had been drugged and blindfolded, shot through the arm by his instructors, dumped from a helicopter, and told to find his way through the swamp without a map or compass or anything. “Oh,” they had said, “and there are guys on the ground hunting you. With dogs.”

It wasn’t until the clouds parted a few hours later that John saw the stars and realized he wasn’t even on the same hemisphere anymore, let alone the same continent.

That was Day One of the training that didn’t exist. Things got progressively harder from there.

But John survived. And he learned. All kinds of things. He learned that the first trick to hostage rescue is getting inside. Standing on his borrowed legs, bleeding against the door frame of some asshole’s second floor apartment, John was already inside.

See? he told himself. Stop complaining. Hard part is already over.

Of course, it helped that when he hitched, when he was in someone else’s body, John Regent could control the pain. And the fear. And the doubt. All the tricks your genes use to keep themselves alive. Riding someone else’s bones, John was in total control like he never was, like no one ever was, in their own skin.

The trick to disarming someone is making them want to drop their weapon. There are several ways, but if you’re reasonably sure your target hasn’t seen combat — this kid looks like a tool, John thought, with that bandanna so low he can barely see — then a firm strike to the top of the forearm usually does the trick. You know the place: where the skin runs thin over the bone and good whack sends a shock of pain to the hand. It’s a reflex, like dropping a scalding hot pan. You can force yourself to hold tight, but only if you know what’s coming. And only if you can take it.

That takes more than training. It takes experience, knowing what to expect, partially from the pain, but mostly from yourself.

That’s the trick to heavy combat. Knowing yourself. You feel things in war people never should: the spasms of skin in your fingers as you strangle a stranger before he strangles you, the cold lightning of a knife in the back, the splatter of warm red mist across your face as a chunk of your buddy explodes in front of you—or if you’re very unlucky, a chunk of yourself.﻿___Oo, go grab this. It's good reading.

The Happiness of Hellebores.There's magic in these early bloomers. Powerful magic. And strength.. the sheer will of pushing through brutal winters to raise their heads despite the continuing cold. I like to make wishes when I see them. (Given their many magic wands and the fact that when the winds blow, they seem to wave them in my direction and cast their spells.)

Prints of this and hundreds of other flowers available here: www.alanshapirophotography.com

Milky Way Night To Day - From this morning.... A scenic colorful early morning Milky Way in the sky view from the high elevation of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It was about an hour before the sun came up. What a great place to see the stars and watch the sunrise. Another beautiful day in #Colorado! ﻿

Milky Way Night To Day - From this morning.... A scenic colorful early morning Milky Way in the sky view from the high elevation of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It was about an hour before the sun came up. What a great place to see the stars and watch the sunrise. Another beautiful day in #Colorado! ﻿___

Lime Tree Leaves Earrings $64.00 Gorgeous, lightweight, and individually hand crafted, these pure copper leaf earrings are cut, folded, formed, and finished by hand. Each leaf is carefully sealed to help protect the finish. Finished to highlight the folds and veins in each leaf, your earrings have a gorgeous warm glow, and suspended from a Niobium ear wire and jump ring, safe for even the most sensitive ears. Pick up your pair here:﻿

Lime Tree Leaves Earrings $64.00 Gorgeous, lightweight, and individually hand crafted, these pure copper leaf earrings are cut, folded, formed, and finished by hand. Each leaf is carefully sealed to help protect the finish. Finished to highlight the folds and veins in each leaf, your earrings have a gorgeous warm glow, and suspended from a Niobium ear wire and jump ring, safe for even the most sensitive ears. Pick up your pair here:﻿___

Time to go shower and try to sleep. Everything else is im the tumbler, and Thursday is a 6:30am day.

I could have worked all night tonight, but Steve would worry, and I'd pay for it later. I miss those late nights alone in my old studio sometimes, but I'd not go back in time and give up what life is now. ﻿

Out of torch fuel. (Insert profanity here.)

Time to go shower and try to sleep. Everything else is im the tumbler, and Thursday is a 6:30am day.

I could have worked all night tonight, but Steve would worry, and I'd pay for it later. I miss those late nights alone in my old studio sometimes, but I'd not go back in time and give up what life is now. ﻿___

Lime Tree Leaves Earrings $64.00 Gorgeous, lightweight, and individually hand crafted, these pure copper leaf earrings are cut, folded, formed, and finished by hand. Each leaf is carefully sealed to help protect the finish. Finished to highlight the folds and veins in each leaf, your earrings have a gorgeous warm glow, and suspended from a Niobium ear wire and jump ring, safe for even the most sensitive ears. Pick up your pair here:﻿

Lime Tree Leaves Earrings $64.00 Gorgeous, lightweight, and individually hand crafted, these pure copper leaf earrings are cut, folded, formed, and finished by hand. Each leaf is carefully sealed to help protect the finish. Finished to highlight the folds and veins in each leaf, your earrings have a gorgeous warm glow, and suspended from a Niobium ear wire and jump ring, safe for even the most sensitive ears. Pick up your pair here:﻿___

This piece (the original long gone somewhere, or thrown away due to damage) involved setting fire to spray paint, layered on top of pigmented beeswax and resin. There was other torch work and work with a heat gun involved too, if I remember correctly. It was 24in square, wood panel.

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This piece (the original long gone somewhere, or thrown away due to damage) involved setting fire to spray paint, layered on top of pigmented beeswax and resin. There was other torch work and work with a heat gun involved too, if I remember correctly. It was 24in square, wood panel.

Spring is here and my brain says it's time for a vacation not initiated by broken joints or cancer. One involving fishing, beaches, and kayaks. (Also known as a ten minute drive from the house.)

So, I'm telling myself that I'm working to pay off debt so maybe we can get our little kayaks that Steve daydreams about. It's gonna be a long month. Enamel is kicking my ass something fierce and I'm fighting burn out on top of it. No quitting.

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Spring is here and my brain says it's time for a vacation not initiated by broken joints or cancer. One involving fishing, beaches, and kayaks. (Also known as a ten minute drive from the house.)

So, I'm telling myself that I'm working to pay off debt so maybe we can get our little kayaks that Steve daydreams about. It's gonna be a long month. Enamel is kicking my ass something fierce and I'm fighting burn out on top of it. No quitting.

I know it's human nature to look for recognizable objects (the brain is hardwired to do that as a survival mechanism) so when people tell me what they see I'm not taken by surprise.

What the I'm after isn't things though - it's feelings. When someone can stop, reflect on what they feel, and express it, I know I've started accomplishing a bit of what I want to with sharing my artwork.

#art #encaustic #abstract ﻿

Another from under the desk.

I know it's human nature to look for recognizable objects (the brain is hardwired to do that as a survival mechanism) so when people tell me what they see I'm not taken by surprise.

What the I'm after isn't things though - it's feelings. When someone can stop, reflect on what they feel, and express it, I know I've started accomplishing a bit of what I want to with sharing my artwork.

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